European wild rabbit

A search through the literature showed that the existence of the odour-producing glands mentioned above had already been recorded by anatomists and histologists, but in view of a complete absence of information on the behaviour of the species, the question of their functions was wrongly interpreted or completely ignored. Thus, there was an obvious need to clarify the role of the odoriferous skin glands in the European wild rabbit. 

Hayes, R.A., Richardson, B.J., Claus, S.C. and Wyllie, S.G. (2002) Semiochemicals and social signalling in the wild European rabbit in Australia II. Variations in chemical composition of chin gland secretion across sampling sites. J. Chem. Ecol. 28, 2613-2625 Heckel, G., Voigt, C.C., Mayer, F. and von Helversen, O. (1999) Extra-harem paternity in the white-lined bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Behaviour 136, 1173-1185... 

Coureaud, G., Rodel, H.G., Kurz, C., von Holst, D. and Schaal, B. (2006b) Age-related changes in the processing of the rabbit mammary pheromone comparison in domestic and wild pups. 17th Congress of the European Chemoreception Research Organisation, Granada, Spain, and Chem. Senses 31, 274 (abstract online). 

Wild European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus More in center Chin gland secretion Hayes etal., 2002... 

Semiochemicals and social signaling in the wild European rabbit in Australia I. Scent profiles of chin gland secretion from the field. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28, 363-384. 

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